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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1417213, member: 15309&quot;]How about some anecdotal evidence to the contrary.</p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased this Morgan Dollar in June 2002 for $718.75. The photo is no longer attached to the auction archive record but I saved the image shown below. I sold the same coin last November for $776.25.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=292&amp;lotNo=6078&amp;lotIdNo=94008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=292&amp;lotNo=6078&amp;lotIdNo=94008" rel="nofollow">1886 Morgan Dollar NGC MS65 June 2002 $718.75</a>--------------------------------------<a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1161&amp;lotNo=8471&amp;lotIdNo=81023" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1161&amp;lotNo=8471&amp;lotIdNo=81023" rel="nofollow">1886 Morgan Dollar NGC MS65 November 2011 $776.25</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/Picture1289.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/MD1886NGCMS65OHHeritagesmall.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin shows anecdotal evidence that the rainbow toned market is alive and well despite the constant predictions that it will crash any day.&nbsp; In my post in the other thread, I stated that the discussion about the toned coin market was for another day.&nbsp; Well, apparently, that day is today.&nbsp; So exactly how long does a bubble last?&nbsp; As far as I am concerned, if prices have been stable for a decade, then there is no bubble, no matter how much you wish there was one.&nbsp; Perhaps you can give us an example of another bubble that lasted for a decade before it burst?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I like them, I make money from them, and toned coins are as good an investment as any other numismatic investment.&nbsp; One thing that never goes out of style is eye appeal. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my favorite claim by the toning haters.&nbsp; The haters have seen how easy it is to make AT coins but they can&#039;t divulge how the doctors do it and don&#039;t have the ethical fortitude to expose the doctors that are doing it.&nbsp; The fact is that creating AT coins that can pass for NT is very difficult, and creating a distribution network to filter them into the market is just as difficult.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I have a question for the toning haters.&nbsp; Toned coins have always existed but in the late 90&#039;s, the rainbow toned coin market exploded and prices increased dramatically over the next 5-10 years.&nbsp; My question is what caused the rainbow toned market to explode?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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